Kanen
Boy · KAY-nen · Modern
Kanen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
Where does Kanen come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps Kane with -en
- Say it
- KAY-nen
Is Kanen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kanen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kanen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Kanen, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Kanen in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 417 boys in the US were given Kanen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #629, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
Kanen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
Names like Kanen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brayden Aiden Rayden Braylen Brecken Raiden Keegan Finnegan Declan Kian Kyden
Other spellings of Kanen
Kanan Kanaan Kainen Cainan Kainan Kaynan Cainen Kainon Kaynen Kaenan Cannan
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